| Syllabus -- Geology 305 -- Spring Term 2014 (14888) | ||||
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Day | Meeting# | Topic | Reading |
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| 1 |
January 20, M | MLK Day Holiday -- No Class scheduled |
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| January 22, W | 1 | Course mechanics and Scientific Method, Introduction | Introduction | |
| 2 |
January 27, M | 3 | Atoms, density, basic class skills | Ch. 1, Appendix A |
| January 29, W | 4 |
Early Astronomers & Earth's Place in the Universe | Ch. 21 | |
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| 3 |
February 3, M | 5 | Origin of the universe, stars, our sun | Ch. 23, 24 |
| February 5, W | 6 |
Formation of and Tour of the Solar System and Review | Chs. 1, 22 | |
| 4 |
February 10, M | 7 |
First test | Ch. 1, 7, 21-24 |
| February 12, W | 8 | Atmospheric structure/composition | Ch. 17 | |
| 5 |
February 17, M | 9 |
President's Day Holiday -- No
Class |
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| February 19, W | 10 | Heating of Earth | Ch. 17 | |
| 6 |
February 24, M | 11 | Humiditiy and moisture | Ch. 18 |
| February 26, W | 12 | Clouds and precipitation | Ch. 18 | |
| 7 |
March 3, M | 13 | Pressure and Coriolis force | Ch. 18 |
| March 5, W | 14 | Atmosphere in motion (winds) | Ch. 19 | |
| 8 |
March 10, M | 15 | Weather Patterns and storms, Review | Ch. 19 |
| March 12, W | 16 | Second Test | ||
| 9 |
March 17, M | 17 | Minerals & rock cycle | Ch. 2 |
| March 19, W | 18 | Igneous rocks | Ch. 3 | |
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| 10 |
March 24, M | 19 | Volcanic terrain | Ch. 9 |
| March 26, W | 20 | Weathering, Sedimentary rocks | Ch. 4, 3 | |
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March 31, M | 21 | Sedimentary, Metamorphic rocks | Ch. 3 |
| April 2, W | 22 | Continental drift | Ch. 7 | |
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April 7, M | 23 |
Plate Tectonics | Ch. 7 |
| April 9, W | 24 | Earthquakes | Ch. 8 | |
| April 14-- 20
-- Spring Break -- No Class This Week Last day to drop with "W" -- April 20 |
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| 13 | April 21, M | 23 | Geologic time | Ch. 11 |
| April 23, W | 24 | Review | ||
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| 14 | April 28, M |
25 | Third exam | |
| April 30, W | 26 | Ocean origin & sea floor features | Ch. 13 | |
| 15 | May 5, M | 27 | Ocean composition, salinity | Ch. 14 |
| May 7, W | 28 | Ocean currents and tides | Ch. 15 | |
| 16 | May 12, M |
29 |
Waves and coastlines; | Ch. 15 |
| May 14, W |
30 | Global Climate Change + Review (Last day of lecture) | Ch. 20 | |
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| May 19, Mon., 8-10
a.m. |
-- | Final exam | Good luck! | |
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